Required number of polar icebreakers. A 2023 Coast Guard fleet mix analysis concluded that the service will require a total of eight to nine polar icebreakers, including four to five heavy polar ...

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan visits Austal USA's Mobile, Ala., shipyard on June 22, 2023, to view progress on the Offshore Patrol Cutter program. (Austal USA photo) After previous review ...

Eastern Shipbuilding Group is on contract to build the first four offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard and is competing for the contract for the rest of the class. The first ship, Argus, ...

During the Fourth of July, many fire up the grill for a barbecue. For the first time in decades, a new meat cutter apprenticeship program is underway in Minnesota. The program at St. Paul College was ...